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Summary: Opening Mechanism Breaks
Review: I bought this camera in 1999 for $300+. It takes good pictures with a steady hand and some Zen magic--sharp, clear, and best of all, it can take macro pictures. There is a problem with blurring, however, as it is impossible to hold this camera still while you wait for the depressor to finish exposure. The sliding opening mechanism, which turns the camera on, flies open in your bag or pocket--there is nothing to hold it closed. This drains the battery. Worse yet, this mechanism broke, came loose, and the camera stopped working altogether. New batteries last for about 4 pictures, then you have to change them. I'd put your money into a better design with battery power and a better depressor.
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Summary: Solid Camera for the $$
Review: This is a great camera for beginners and those that do not have money to burn.
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Summary: Great camera
Review: Excellent camera. I took pictures in the middle of the day and at night and both came out great. The software that comes with this to put the pictures on your computer is also good. I couldn't have asked for a better camera for printing pictures myself.
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Summary: nice little battery consuming digital camera
Review: I got the Olympus about a month ago and was very pleased with the pictures it takes. It does have some problems:
1. The lack of an optical zoom limits your creativity (the digital zoom is fine, but has its limitations).
2. The sutter speed does not correlate well with neon lights giving a blurry picture in such lighting.
3. The camera uses up lots of batteries, it seems irrelevant at first but it adds up.In all, it is a fine camera, I think I would have bought it again if I knew the camera in advance.
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Summary: Great little camera
Review: I know nothing of digital cameras but when I saw this one it was just the price I wanted. Not too cheap and not too much little piggy. It takes great pics but eats batteries like a really large person at an all you can eat buffet. Also it did not come with a case that would have been a nice touch!
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Summary: 5 - Megapixels in your pocket
Review: If you need to put a high res camera in your pocket, this camera is the ultimate. All the controls are designed for one hand operation. The pictures it takes are incredible but it has a somewhat quirky focusing system. The camera spends a lot of time trying to find its focusing point and it's not always successful in low light, low contrast situations. Because of its small size it also lacks some of the features of its larger albeit more expensive cousins such as a TTL hotshoe, advanced noise filtering and a more robust super macro mode. In summary...a great camera for the price if you don't need the more professional features of the larger cameras.
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Summary: Dandy little snapshooter
Review: I've got a Hasselblad and a whole box full of Nikons but wanted to try a simple digital camera for casual snapshots. I did a fair amount of shopping first (including the interesting Consumers Reports article.) The D-380 looked like a good performance/price balance. It's easy to carry around, a 64mb card holds 44 maximum-quality pics (and 140 at the resolution I often use for casual snapshots), and the batteries, just as Consumers Rpts said, last *forever*. Drawbacks: the lens and auto-exposure are both suited for nothing more than casual snapshots, 2mp will give a decent 8x10 only after an hour of work in Photoshop (in my opinion), the digital zoom is pretty lame, and there's no way to use a hotshoe flash--no surprise in a pocket-sized P&S camera. The high points are as above; I found the menus to be pretty easy to learn and the camera is very simple to use. Digital is GREAT for snapshots. And the price/performance ratio of the D-380 is very attractive. I'm entirely pleased with this camera and use it nearly every day. (And now I'm thinking seriously about a Nikon D-100 digital SLR, now that I've tried digital, but that's another story.) ;-)
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Summary: Very Good Camera
Review: This is a very good camera. Takes very good pictures. My camera is more than few months old and I take picture everyday still I have not had to change the battery so far. Movie mode is very convenient.
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Summary: This camera rocks!
Review: I purchased this camera after trying several others. The olympus d-380 is without a doubt the best digital camera of the bunch for the price. It is everything I expected in a digital camera and more. Battery life is awesome, picture quality is awesome, connectivity is awesome. This camera in general is just plain awesome. I am now an Olympus customer for life!!!..
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Summary: Very pleased with Olympus
Review: We had the old D-360L at 1.3 megapixel and it broke after about two years. At first we were upset and thought that it should have lasted longer. Then we realized we had 4,000 pictures from it. We were thus forced to by a new digital camera. Looking back we're glad the other one broke! The clarity for the price of the D-380 is excellent. Two other family members have Olympus digitals in the $ range with more features, but we're glad to have this one. The pictures it takes are crisp and the camera is very easy to use. This camera has been great so far for capturing our growing baby.
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